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Oviedo cathedral
Documents about Tomás Luis de Victoria in the cathedral of Oviedo (1582-1591)

Transcription of three council agreements and an accounting item related to the acquisition of books …

Sept. 28, 2024
<em>Viage de Hierusalen</em>. Francisco Guerrero (Alcalá de Henares: Juan Gracián, 1605)
Sending copies of Francisco Guerrero's Viaje de Hierusalem to Lima (1605 /1618)

In 1605 and 1618, several copies of different editions of Francisco Guerrero's Journey to Jerusalem …

Sept. 22, 2024
Isabel de Borbón. Anonymous (c. 1620)
Bernarda, an Afro-Portugues musician in the service of Isabel de Borbón (1602-1644) at the Alcázar in Madrid

Bernarda, an Afro-Portuguese musician and singer, was in the service of Queen Isabella of Bourbon …

Sept. 19, 2024
tower of the Cathedral of Ávila. Picture: A. de Vicente
Documents about Tomás Luis de Victoria in the cathedral of Ávila (1573-1601)

Transcription of sixteen agreements of the chapter of the cathedral of Ávila. Except for one, …

Sept. 11, 2024

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The black dancer Francisco Meneses (†1687)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
31-12-2021

A poetic jácara from 1687 brings us closer to the black musicians who sang and danced in the cities and towns of the Hispanic crowns during the Modern Age.

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Sebastián de Vivanco and the musical libraries

Alfonso de Vicente Delgado, Michael Noone
06-12-2021

On three separate occasions, music books were found to be missing soon after Sebastián de Vivanco left important positions: first when he exchanged the post of chapelmaster at Ávila cathedral …

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